Socialite Tara Palmer-Tomkinson, the original 90s 'It Girl' has died aged 45 after battling a brain tumour.

Opening up about the illness, Tara confessed: "I went to the doctor to talk about my latest blood test results when I got back from skiing in January.

"I said, 'What does it mean? Can you translate it?' And the doctor said, 'As I suspected, you have a brain tumour'.

Further tests showed the TV personality was also suffering from a rare auto-immune condition, related to her anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic antibodies (ANCA-related), meaning abnormal antibodies attack the body's cells and tissues.

The daughter of Prince Charles' close friends Charles and Patricia Palmer-Tomkinson, Tara was famed for her tumultuous lifestyle and her public struggle to battle her drug problem.

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Tara Palmer-Tomkinson's god-father Prince Charles said he was "deeply saddened" by her death